How to Port Forward Warcraft II

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Forward Ports for Warcraft II

When you are playing Warcraft II you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and frequently even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

Your router's IP address.

Your gaming machine's IP address.

A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.

How to find your router's IP Address

The easiest way to click the links to get to your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

Start by logging in to your router.

Locate your routers port forwarding section.

Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the proper box in your router.

Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.

On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

Ports To Forward for Warcraft II

The ports that need to be forwarded for Warcraft II are as follows:

Warcraft II - PC

TCP: 6112-6119

UDP: 6112-6119

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Warcraft II simply follow one of these links: